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Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Technology & Communications companies are outperforming other sectors, up 2.8%. Within that group, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) and KLA Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 7.3% and 7.0%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLK), which is up 3.6% on the day, and up 17.23% year-to-date. Advanced Micro Devices Inc, meanwhile, is up 7.95% year-to-date, and KLA Corp is up 35.29% year-to-date. Combined, AMD and KLAC make up approximately 3.7% of the underlying holdings of XLK.
The next best performing sector is the Materials sector, up 2.2%. Among large Materials stocks, Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) are the most notable, showing a gain of 3.8% and 3.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is up 1.9% in midday trading, and up 12.02% on a year-to-date basis. Mosaic Co, meanwhile, is down 23.05% year-to-date, and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold is up 7.68% year-to-date. Combined, MOS and FCX make up approximately 7.0% of the underlying holdings of XLB.
Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:
Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Thursday. As you can see, eight sectors are up on the day, while one sector is down.
Sector
% Change
Technology & Communications
+2.8%
Materials
+2.2%
Energy
+2.2%
Industrial
+2.0%
Services
+1.2%
Healthcare
+0.9%
Financial
+0.9%
Consumer Products
+0.5%
Utilities
-0.6%
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